Morphological divergence within and between the Mexican sailfin mollies, Poecilia velifera and Poecilia petenensis

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1610-1630

  Hankison, S J ^a   Childress, M J ^a   Schmitter Soto, J J ^b   Ptacek, M B ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Morphometrics; Poeciliidae; Spatial isolation; Varying selection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISH; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA PETENENSIS; POECILIA VELIFERA;

EID: 33745290621     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2006.001051.x     Document Type: Article

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